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Chemotaxis

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Biochemistry of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism

Part of the book series: Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Cancer ((PLAC,volume 1))

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Nearly all higher eukaryotic cells have the capacity for active cell movement. Active movement occurs in a variety of normal biological processes and in several pathological conditions. Examples include fertilization, embryonic development, inflammation, wound healing and tumor cell invasion & metastasis. The involvement of cell motility in these complex biological processes insures that cell movement will not occur in an unregulated manner. Rather, the movement of cells in multicellular organisms in closely controlled. A number of different mechanisms appear to be involved. In addition to factors which turn cell movement “on” and “off”, there are factors which influence the direction in which cell movement occurs. Contact inhibition, contact guidance, haptotaxis and Chemotaxis are all terms that describe the regulation of directional cell movement.

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  1. Department of Biological Chemistry College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1853 W. Polk St., 60612, Chicago, IL, USA

    William E. M. Lands

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Varani, J. (1985). Chemotaxis. In: Lands, W.E.M. (eds) Biochemistry of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Cancer, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2597-0_14

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